Game and toy



2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR.

\ ATTORNEYS April 7, 192s.

J. K. SEYMOUR GAME AND TOY Filel'Uan. 9, 1922 JCHN K` SEYMOUR PatentedApr. 7, 1925.

.man K. envi/Lona, or ELYBIA, oHIo.

GAME AND TOY.

Application filed January 9, 1922. Serial No. 527,835.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-IN K. SEYMOUR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elyria, in the county of LorainV and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Graines and Toys, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and concise description as willenable others skilled in the art to which this invention appertai'ns tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to games and toys, and particularly to suoligaines and toys involving the element of chance rather than that ofskill, and in which a large number of different combinations resultingfrom the manipulation of the device by the player may result.

A particular object of my invention is to provide a game or toyapparatus which, when manipulated by the player, will give one oranother of a large number of different resulting indications which maybe to the consequent variable advantage or disadvantage of theparticular player.V

Another object of my invention is to provide suoli an apparatus whichwill be of attractive appearance, and at the same time will be durable.and cheap in construction.

@ther .objects of my invention andl the invention itself will be betterunderstood by reference to the description of several specificembodiments thereof, and in which description reference will be hadtothe draw ings illustrating such embodiments. In `the drawings:

1 shows atop plan view of an embodiment of my invention.

2 shows a vertical sectional vie-w on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 except thatthe rotary element is shown in elevation.

Fig. 8 shows a view similar to Fig. 1 of a different embodiment of myinvention. .Y

Fig. 4 shows a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 shows a gaine Ascoring annular disc in connection.

Referring now to the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 at 2 I showa metallic frame having circular walls 3 and a dished top wall 4, thedislied top wall having a central opening 5 into which opening therotatable wheel 6 is supported on a pivot pin 7. The pivot pin 7 iscarried in a circular wooden disc or block 9, the disc 9 being securedby nails 8 to the side walls 3 of the metallic frame. i

'.Ihe pin 7 has a point 10, upon which point the rotatable wheel isvpivoted, there `being a recess 11 extending axially of the wheel, thesaid pin fitting loosely in the recess and the recess havinga curved endwall.

.The wheel 6 has a corrugated edge 12, the' diameter of the wheel beingslightly less than the diani'eterof the central opening 5 `of thedownwardly ,dislied fra-nie top wall 4 so that when rotated by al handle13, the wheel, due to its inertia mass, willl continue to spin for aconsiderable time without its periphery engaging the edges of theopening 5. The downwardly dished annular wall 4 thus providedlis-divided into a number of spaces, preferably as illustrated, equal,these spaces being determined by struck-up dividing portions ofthe wall4 shown at 14.

I also provide a small ball 15 such as a steel marble, theball beingplaced in the portion 4 ofthe frame .2 will, by gravity,

descend until it occupies some ,such vposition as illustrated where itcontacts and fits within one of the peripheral notches or indentations16 of the wheel 12.

When in `such a'normalvposition, the apparatus is operated by suddenlyspinning the wheel by manipulating tliehandle'lf, and the ball 15 iscaused, by the notches 16 successively engaging it,to be. iiung upwardlyand forwardly in the direction ofrotation of the wheel, and in theannular portion 4 of the frame 2, bouncing .upwardly and forwardlythereon until the wheel 6 comes to rest, whereupon the ballV 15 willcome to rest between some two adjacent divisions 14 and in contact withla particularly lettered, grooved or indentation suoli as one lettered,All or 10 or 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 as the case may be, and depending upon thechance position the ball assumes at the end of the spinning of thewheel'.

In playing a game by means of the marks shown on the apparatus of Fig.1, one can move one or more so-called men along a circular track havingdivisions, to the right lll 1, but instead provide the Wheel with pins151, the Wheel proper 61 being disposed'l so that the level ot its topsui-tace will" coin@ eide substantially with the level ot the edge 51 ofthe downwardly dislied top ivallll. ln this embodiment` also, I mayconstruct the apparatus, as illustrated, of' Wood, the 'trarne meineber2l and the WheelA member 61 being preferably so constructer. rl`hisWheel li ie the Wheel olf the iiist embodiment will have handles lil-torthe purpose otspinning the Wheel, and the pins 161 ivill project fromits top surface 50 in a circle adjacent. the edges of the.l Wheel, thespaces between the pinsl being suitably designated as illustrated, or asotherwise Fre-quired to suitV the particular gaine played; andV thespaeeson the annular downwardly dished portion t1 ofthe traino 21 arerprovided by pins 141'. projecting` froml the-top surface near thccentral opening ot the` portion l so that these pins pert'orm the sainefunction as the raised portions la in the embodiment of Figi 1, that is,ot making thel ball 15 come to rest denitely in theorie. or the otherdivision ot the dished portion l or 41,. the openings ot the twoembodiment structures being. substantially. the saine.

Figa-5 shows a gaine scoring' annular card or disc adapted to be placed'over the gaine apparatus illustrated' ,in the' other ligures and whichcomprises a circular 'pathway having divisions marked thereon', suchldivisions comprising, a plurality' oit stai-t divisions 51, 52,53, and54,' and otherinterveiling;A divisions over which So-called men, as inthe' gameo't parehesi, may be nove'dl tronr'one' start position' to alinal home yj oositifni which maybe one' ofthe 'start Y.

pointsv .T ri usingy this would niovetielmfen tothe." right or't'o the"left depending upon the indication given by the gaine apparatus -placedin the' centerot same, the play 1 the annular disc. This naine may beplayed ifa'riously' depending 'up on 'lilierrules which` aire arbitraryandniaybe va ricd'.

Having thus described my invention, I Wish it' to' be 'understood thatnumerous and extensive departuresmay be made liroinithe embodimentsherein illustrated.' andde-A scribed but" Without" departing trom thespirit o'lj my invention, and thattlie divisions olx the tivo operativeelements-may be made considerably diliier'eiit ri'foin that here inillustrated and differently designated, but remaining` withinthepurvieufot my invention; llilliatl clainilis:

1'. Iny a game apparatus, Vthe combination with a centrallydisposedrotatable` Wheel. a spinning`- handle whereby which tliewlicelmay be rotated; a trame"havingV side' Walls and a top Wall, the topWall' having a.- downvvardly` dishcd port-ion With a."centrallv4disposed" opening means-` to pivot the' said ot:v the Wheel,Y said edgehaving; a plural. ot projections extending therefrom, said ball adaptedto rest between tivo ot t said projections and to be liu Y ltoiuvardlybv the ivliecliiv f i 1'" downwardly dished traine portionspaced projections adjacent the cdoge o, centrali opening` to cause thebull to come to rest after' boina" agitated by the rotated ivheel to aldefinite position between tivo oll the said rrlieelprojections and toone side or the other of'the said dishcd portion proj cations.v

2. 1n a rame apparatus, a trame, a top n'all therefor` having` anannular downwardly dished portion, -ineanslto pivot saidiv-lic'elwithin'the centrall opening ot the said portion and with itsperipherv adjacent the edgesV thereof, the Wheel periphery havin/' aplurality ot closely adjacent projectionsvn and the said 'annularportionv having a plurality oi projections less in number than the saidWheel projections and adjacent the edne ot tlie'said opening-and a balladapted to be agitated' b v the rotation ot the Wheel Within the openingand to come to rest between tivo oit the last namedfprojeetions andagainstV an adjacent pair ot the Erst named projection s;

8. ln a gaine appar( tus. the combination with a frame7 a ydished toptherefor, an opening,` in the" center ot the said top. a rotatableIWheel' disposed Within the opening-` the said- Wheeli hav-ina'V a poisaid n oi" periphery disposed vabove the level ol' the saidopeuingr,saidperipheral portion haying' a'plur'ality off closely adjacent projeo tioslrsaiddislied" top being divided by radially disposed divisions into apluralitv ot spacesgand a ball adapted/to bc placed in the said dishedtop and adapted to rest agaii'i-st--thewvheel peripheral serratedportion and to be agitated thereby when the wheel is rotated, saidspaces being inarled differently and characteristically, said Wheelsurfaces beingv also differently inarlred ivherebythc ball comi-ng torest Within' one ot thcsaidspas and against one ot the said4s'err'atfions may give an indication ot value in play to theplayerrotating, the ivlieel," a'cireular track, said traelr being; dividedinto a plurality oiPA divisions adapted to niark/the progresso? markersplaced on the'said div-isions,r` saidindications provided by' the'positioning ol" the ball. the wheel and the 'space in which the ballcomes to rest determining;- tlic movement: ot the said markers' overthe-said divisions.

4s In a `Qameapparatos,l a combination with a trame,` a dished toptherefor. a ccntral"'openingfwithin the said dished top. a rotatableWheel disposed Within the said opening and rotatable out of Contact withABO the said top,rsaid top being divided into a arating the projections,and ineens to preplurality of spaces bordering around the vent the ballfrom coming to rest on the 10 said opening, a plurality of project-ionseX- dividing line between the dished top spaces. (ending above thesurface of the Wheel and In Witness whereof I have hereunto 5 closelyspaced together, a ball adapted to be signed my naine thisy 6th day ofJanuary,

placed in the said dished top and against 1922. v the said projections,the diameter of the bell being greater than the distance sep- JOHN K.SEYMOUR.

